Matt Edens
@scruffycities.bsky.social
Downtown dweller. True crime writer. Transplanted Tennessean.
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Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,
February 19, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,
My hernia scar can confirm...
The average new home produces an average of FOUR tons of waste.
When I was restoring historic homes, our gut jobs consistently yielded TWENTY FIVE+ tons of waste.
#historicpreservation #restoration
When I was restoring historic homes, our gut jobs consistently yielded TWENTY FIVE+ tons of waste.
#historicpreservation #restoration
February 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
My hernia scar can confirm...
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On President's Day, the First Amendment Troop staged "Resistance" - a tribute and act of artistic dissent - at the Lincoln Memorial, followed by a guerrilla performance at the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Created by the advocacy arm of hungryman Productions, CONTD
PT1
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Created by the advocacy arm of hungryman Productions, CONTD
PT1
February 17, 2026 at 4:38 AM
On President's Day, the First Amendment Troop staged "Resistance" - a tribute and act of artistic dissent - at the Lincoln Memorial, followed by a guerrilla performance at the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Created by the advocacy arm of hungryman Productions, CONTD
PT1
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Created by the advocacy arm of hungryman Productions, CONTD
PT1
Tons of beloved "urban neighborhoods" began as streetcar suburbs.
"suburbia does not have to mean stripping away almost all of the pre-automobile features of towns and cities, *because it did not always mean that*"
When I write about how urbanism is about restoring a body of wisdom and practice about how to build places, I’m not being “unironic” or trying to appeal to conservatives or whatever. I just mean it and think it is the most accurate way to state the case. www.thedeletedscenes.com/p/silver-spr...
February 17, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Tons of beloved "urban neighborhoods" began as streetcar suburbs.
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I don’t agree with this in a pretty major way. The point of the argument online isn’t to win the other guy over, it’s to make your points to bystanders to prevent them from being won over by the other guy and to give them new ways to argue back.
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I don’t agree with this in a pretty major way. The point of the argument online isn’t to win the other guy over, it’s to make your points to bystanders to prevent them from being won over by the other guy and to give them new ways to argue back.
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
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We need this in Maryland.
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NJ ICE Video Portal Sparks Fury and Praise Across the Garden State. Here is how it works.
New Jersey's new portal encourages residents to upload video of ICE interactions. Here is how the site works, and what it does and does not do.
nj1015.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM
We need this in Maryland.
nj1015.com/nj-ice-porta...
nj1015.com/nj-ice-porta...
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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
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February 15, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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See also: downtown Frederick and The Golden Mile.
The NoVa suburbs are diverse and vibrant in ways that inner Arlington and Alexandria often aren’t because the rent has not priced out the kind of small business and communities that make a place vibrant and diverse
Some really dismal land use here in old suburban Manassas, Virginia. Look at the small townhome blocks that back onto the rear of the very long strip plaza.
Yet this area is also home to a multitude of small, local immigrant-owned businesses. It's opportunity, too.
Yet this area is also home to a multitude of small, local immigrant-owned businesses. It's opportunity, too.
February 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
See also: downtown Frederick and The Golden Mile.
"If we start our reckoning from the Nuremberg trials..." kinda gives the game away, no?
February 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
"If we start our reckoning from the Nuremberg trials..." kinda gives the game away, no?
Suburban townhouses combine the worst of two worlds: bonniekristian.substack.com/p/density-is...
Density is not the point of density
Plus: a quiet life, a chainsaw, and more
bonniekristian.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Suburban townhouses combine the worst of two worlds: bonniekristian.substack.com/p/density-is...
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This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
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There are only 2 real responses to housing scarcity. You can either build enough homes to accommodate everyone or start drawing up a list of “undesirable demographics” to exclude. I know which side I’m on.
February 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
There are only 2 real responses to housing scarcity. You can either build enough homes to accommodate everyone or start drawing up a list of “undesirable demographics” to exclude. I know which side I’m on.
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"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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We truly live in a Mad Lib
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
RFK Jr.’s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files
The trip took place on a Native reservation where collecting fossils without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.
trib.al
February 7, 2026 at 5:26 AM
We truly live in a Mad Lib
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What is the "crypto industry"?
Like, what does it produce?
Like, what does it produce?
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 PM
What is the "crypto industry"?
Like, what does it produce?
Like, what does it produce?
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In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
MAGA is a movement of America haters who despise this country and are conspiring to destroy it
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
Good God, these ghouls...
Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Good God, these ghouls...
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Wish @jasoncoxnc.bsky.social was more active on Bluesky:
February 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Wish @jasoncoxnc.bsky.social was more active on Bluesky:
Filing a lawsuit is at least more honest than saying "I support more housing here, but" and then demanding enough changes and concessions to make the project unviable.
I recall being the only speaker who supported this project, after a slew of commenters decried its impact on historic old town.
The existing site is a 1977 office building. Just pure bad faith arguments, top to bottom
And yet, they've succeeded in delaying the project at least 2 years.
The existing site is a 1977 office building. Just pure bad faith arguments, top to bottom
And yet, they've succeeded in delaying the project at least 2 years.
Court of Appeals affirms dismissal of challenge to 48-unit Old Town residential project
February 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Filing a lawsuit is at least more honest than saying "I support more housing here, but" and then demanding enough changes and concessions to make the project unviable.
New underclass just dropped:
"The Trump Homes proposal takes a different approach: increasing housing supply through a business model commonly known as rent-to-own..."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"The Trump Homes proposal takes a different approach: increasing housing supply through a business model commonly known as rent-to-own..."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Builders Push ‘Trump Homes’ to Win Backing for a Million Houses
Builders are working on a plan for a massive program to develop “Trump Homes” that would address the US affordability crisis while allowing private capital to deploy many billions of dollars.
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
New underclass just dropped:
"The Trump Homes proposal takes a different approach: increasing housing supply through a business model commonly known as rent-to-own..."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"The Trump Homes proposal takes a different approach: increasing housing supply through a business model commonly known as rent-to-own..."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...